Please be aware of my upcoming training. And feel free to share the following announcement with anyone you think might be interested! SFCP Community Members’ Professional Development Salon The Web 2.0 Psychotherapist: The Therapeutic Relationship and Social Media Some clinicians are hesitant about having a personal social media presence (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) but are beginning […]
I have uploaded my Social Media Policy and have made some minor updates to my current Office Procedures and Agreement for Psychotherapy Services. If you are a current client, I will update you on the changes and have you sign a new Acknowledgment of Notifications form to indicate that you are aware of these changes […]
This article is part of an online course: Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists for 8 CE credits At a couple of recent trainings, and in consultations with other mental health professionals, the question has come up about whether is is okay to check in on sites like Foursquare, Loopt, brightkite, and Gowalla when […]
Wake up and smell the smoke Last Wednesday, I logged into Gmail to discover that I had a new little Buzz icon. When I clicked on it, I discovered what everyone was tweeting about: I was auto-following a number of people. Some I knew and some I didn’t really know at all. We just happened […]
This article is part of an online course: Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists for 8 CE credits Yesterday, I posted a draft of my Social Media Policy for Psychotherapy on this blog. I also included a link on Twitter. I made it clear that this was a work in progress and asked folks […]
I have been working on my Social Media Policy for my private practice. This will eventually be available as a download on my Forms page and I will also distribute it to current clients. Please note that this is currently a work in progress. There may be important things to add to this policy, but […]
Clinical, Ethical, and Technical Issues Related to Social Networking and Psychotherapy with LGBT Communities I am offering a 3 hour CEU training in partnership with Gaylesta. This training is free for current Gaylesta members. It’s $10 per CEU for non Gaylesta members. Please note: CEU’s are available only to MFT’s and LCSW’s at this time, […]
CrossCurrents: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health, has released their Winter 2009/10 issue which is centered on “The Digital Couch.” This issue focuses on the Internet and mental health. I was interviewed for “MySpace is your space: Internet blurs professional boundaries,” and they have published my recommendations to clinicians who wish to avoid boundary […]
This article is part of an online course: Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychotherapists for 8 CE credits The past two days, a subsection of the Internet was ablaze with commentary related to the Facebook privacy changes that I blogged about yesterday. Some users didn’t mind the changes. Some didn’t realize they had lost […]
Facebook implemented some updated privacy features this week which were supposed to give users greater control over their privacy settings. However, alarmingly, some of the updates have left previously protected information exposed. As a mental health professional, I am deeply troubled by these changes, both in terms of how it compromises my own personal privacy, […]